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Name Withheld

Age :

Gender : Male

Race : Unknown

Date : 01/18/2026

Location : 300 block South Rutland Street

City : Watertown

County : Jefferson

State : New York

Agency : Watertown Police Department

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Suicide

Event : Suicide under police duress

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 01/18/2026, the Watertown Police Department responded to a domestic call in the 300 block of South Rutland Street where a man had barricaded himself inside a vehicle and threatened to hurt himself with a gun. Crisis negotiators and response teams attempted contact, but the man ceased communication and was later found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside the vehicle. The New York State Attorney General’s Office assisted in the ongoing investigation.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.wwnytv.com/2026/01/18/wpd-situation-over-no-threat/
https://www.newzjunky.com/wpd-update-s-rutland-st-incident/
https://www.informnny.com/abc50-now/one-person-dead-via-apparent-suicide-after-watertown-standoff/